Bottle-stopper fastener



(No Model.)

F. Y. CLARK. BOTTLE STOPPBR PASTE-NEE.

No. 485,173. Patented Nov. 1, 1892.

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FINLEY Y. CLARK, OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, NElV YORK.

BOTTLE-STOPPER FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,173, dated November1, 1892.

Application filed February 10,1892. Serial No. 420,988. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, FINLEY Y. CLARK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Saratoga Springs, in the county of Saratoga and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-Stopper Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to bottle-stoppers and devices for securing andmanipulating the same; and among other things it has for its object toprovide a safe, secure, and convenient stopper for mineral-waterbottles, lagerbeer, soda-water, and other bottles designed to containaerated beverages or liquids of any kind, to adapt the stopper to bereadily disconnected from its hinge and thrown out of the Way, to adaptthe bail to be disconnected from the band on the bottle and the stopperentirely removed, and to connect the parts so that the stopper will beheld yieldingly in a locked position and afford elasticity, so as toinsure a positive lock and facilitate the unlocking or opening of thestopper.

Other objects and advantages will appear I from the followingdescription and claims,

when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which- Figure lis a view in elevation of a fragment of a bottle with my improvementsapplied. Fig.2 is a perspective view of the same, and Fig. 3 is avertical sectional view taken at one side of the locking-lever. Fig. 4is a perspective, view showing the stopper swung back and the bailresting on the horizontal or base flange of the collar secured to themouth of the bottle, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of thelocking-lever and bail removed.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A indicates a portion of a bottle,which may be of any ordinary or approved construction, the bottleillustrated having an annular shoulder a and a reduced portion Z) abovethe same.

B indicates a metallic band, which is preferably secured on the reducedportion b of the body by means of cement or other adhesive material, theouter surface of said reduced portion of bottle-neck being preferablyroughened or corrugated to insure the ad hesion of such material,although it is obvious that the connection of these two parts might beeffected in many other ways-such, forinstance, as a screw-thread-and Ido not wish to be understood as limiting myself to any particular way ofsecuring the band to the bottle. This band B is provided-with anintegral horizontal base-flange c, and above this flange with an annularshoulder of less circular area, and above this shoulder averticallydisposed flange e, the objects of all of which will presentlyappear.

C indicates a bail, which is preferably formed of wire. This bail hasits ends terminating in inwardly directed journals f, which arerelnovably inserted in holes g, formed in the shouldered portion cl ofthe band or collarat diametrically-opposite points, so that said bailmay be allowed to swing thereon and be limited in its swinging movementby the base-flange c of said collar.

D indicates a cap within which is secured a cork E, although it isobvious that rubber or other suitable material might be used,and whilethe cork may be of flat contour, yet I prefer to have it of a formasshown, and the mouth of the bottle is preferably beveled, as shown, soas to sufficiently receive the cork, which will be compressed upon theupper edge of the vertical flange 6 and the edge of the bottlemouth whenthe fastening has been closed. This stopper is provided with an eye orhole It in the wall of its socket, and the vertical flange e of the bandB carries a hook or downwardly-bent lug F, whereby a detachable hingedconnection may be had between the cap and the band. This cap isfurthermore provided on its upper side with abifurcation G, and thebranches 2' of this bifurcated portion are provided at a suitable pointnear their lower ends and slightly out of the vertical centers withaligned apertures 76 to receive a transverse pivot pin or stud Z.

H indicates a locking-lever. This lever is of a peculiar form having aneye m at its upper end, which is preferably expanded laterally, asshown, and is journaled on the transverse branch n of the bail C. -Theopposite or lower end of this lever, which is designed to be pivotedwithin the fork or bifurcation of the cap, has a beveled heel p and aforwardly and slightly downwardly projecting toe q, the pivot-aperture7' being formed transversely in said lever between the heel and toe andin the vertical center of said lever, care being taken to have theconnection of the bail and lever with respect to the cap such that whenthe parts are in a closed or locked position the bail Will exert apressure on the toe of the lever, making it necessary to apply force tothe top of the bail and lever and move the same toward the heel and outof a perpendicular before the cap can be turned 0%, the pressure beingproduced by the cork within cap D, and the thicker and more elastic thecork the greater will be the pressure. It will be observed that when thelever'has been moved on its pivot to open the mouth of the bottle andthe bail consequently turned, said bail will rest approximatelyhorizontal and upon the base-flange c of the band or collar, while theheel of the lever will bear on the cap and hold the same in the positionshown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. When it is desirable to disconnect thecap from the bottle at the hinge-joint, it is simply necessary to pressthe outer end of the bail downwardly, which of course will be permittedby the nature of the material, when the cap may be easily drawn awayfrom the hook F, and should it be desirable to remove the bail from thecollar or band this may be done by springing out the journal ends f fromthe eyes g, while to replace the bail and cap the operation is simplyreversed.

While I have shown and described a metallic band or collar as applied tothe bottle, yet in some cases the collar might be dispensed with and theconnections made directly with the bottle head or neck, thus disthemouthof the bottle and having its top:

forked or bifurcated, and the lever having the beveled heel and pivotednear said bevel within the fork of the cap and pivoted at its (auger endon the bail, substantially as speci- 3. The combination, with a bottle,of a cap hinged thereto, a lever pivoted on said cap and having abeveled heel and also a toe adapted to extend forwardly and downwardlybeyond the pivoted point, and a bail connecting the outer end of saidlever with the bottle-neck, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with a bottle, of the flanged and shouldered bandsecured to the mouth thereof, a cap detachably hinged to said band, thelever having the beveled heel and pivoted to the cap, and the bailcarrying the pivoted lever and journaled at opposite ends in said band;so that its branches may rest upon the base-flange of the band and theheel of the lever may bear on the cap below the pivotal point therewith,substantially as specified.

5. The combination, with a.bottle, of the band secured thereto andhaving the basefiange, the annular shoulder above the same, and thevertically-disposed flange, and also having diametrically-arrangedapertures in the shouldered portion, and a hook on the vertical flange,the cap having a socket to re ceive acork and an aperture to receive thehook of the band and also having a bifurcation' in its top and alignedapertures in the branches of the bifurcation at a point out of thevertical center of said branches, the bail journaled in the band abovethe horizontal base-flange, and the lever pivoted in the bifurcation ofthe cap and having the beveled heel and the forwardly-extending toe andpivoted at its outer end on the bail, so that when the toe of the leverhas been brought to bear upon the cap the bail will assume a positionout of a perpendicular, so as to lock the lever on the cap,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FINLEY Y. CLARK.

Witnesses:

W. A. MOELWAIN, JOHN H. MILLER.

